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• Explosion at south Louisiana chemical plant kills 1,...
  Still, the 34-year-old contract worker from Taft, Calif., says he was shaken after escaping Thursday’s blast at a south Louisiana plant that ...
• Thousands turn out to pay cheering tribute to NBA...
  LOS ANGELES — Tens of thousands of jubilant Los Angeles Lakers fans lined a three-kilometre route Monday, many waving purple and gold flags and ...
• Upton, LaRoche, Reynolds homer off Burnett,...
  PHOENIX — Justin Upton, Adam LaRoche and Mark Reynolds homered off struggling A.J. Burnett in the first inning and the Arizona Diamondbacks went ...
• Reds hit 3 home runs in 10th inning, hold on for 6-4...
  OAKLAND, Calif. — Ramon Hernandez hit a tiebreaking leadoff home run in the 10th inning, Toronto native Joey Votto and Scott Rolen added ...
• Final step: Bedard allows 1 run in 2 2-3 innings for...
  SEATTLE — Canadian Erik Bedard allowed one run in 2 2-3 innings in an Arizona League game, a final step before making his season debut for the ...
• Autopsy shows Slipknot bassist died of accidental...
  DES MOINES, Iowa — Autopsy results show the bassist for heavy metal band Slipknot died of an accidental overdose of morphine and fentanyl, a ...
• Lights go out at ’Jimmy Kimmel Live’ taping,...
  LOS ANGELES — Jimmy Kimmel wasn’t going to let a little power outage stop the taping of his show. Show publicist Chelsea Hettrick says the ...
• Michael Jackson’s kingdom has veered from...
  LOS ANGELES — The money is rolling in. The bills are being paid. And all those people who said Michael Jackson might earn more in death than in ...
• Move over, Kate Gosselin - meet Michaele Salahi,...
  “I love to just make an entrance,” declares one of the new “Real Housewives of D.C.” on the show’s debut episode, set to air in August. Quick, ...
• Book: Anna Nicole Smith judge urges new probe;...
  MIAMI — The flamboyant judge brought to fame in the fight over Anna Nicole Smith’s remains says he believes someone is guilty of manslaughter in ...
• Nebraska town, angered by influx of meatpackers,...
  FREMONT, Neb. — Voters in the eastern Nebraska city of Fremont on Monday approved a ban on hiring or renting property to illegal immigrants, the ...
• Suspected Kurdish rebels kill 4 in bomb attack on...
  ANKARA, Turkey — Suspected Kurdish rebels detonated a remote-controlled bomb in Istanbul Tuesday, killing four people and wounding 12 on a bus ...
• BP executive heckled at London oil conference after...
  LONDON — The owner of the broken Deepwater Horizon rig spewing oil into the Gulf of Mexico criticized U.S. President Barack Obama’s six-month ...
• Truck rams tractors ferrying wedding guests in...
  HYDERABAD, India — A speeding truck rammed into two tractors pulling trolleys loaded with guests returning from a wedding in southern India on ...
• World stock markets mostly down as Europe woes...
  SINGAPORE — World stock markets mostly fell Tuesday as renewed concern about Europe’s debt crisis overshadowed the initial enthusiasm over ...
• Oil falls to near $77 in Asia as traders eye global...
  SINGAPORE — Oil prices fell to near US$77 a barrel Tuesday in Asia as investors mulled whether the global economy is strong enough to justify ...
• Insurer Aegon to sell Transamerica Reinsurance arm...
  AMSTERDAM, Netherlands — Aegon NV, the bailed-out Dutch insurer, said Tuesday it is looking to sell the life reinsurance arm of its U.S.-based ...
• German business confidence posts surprise rise in...
  BERLIN — German business confidence rose unexpectedly in June as the country’s economic recovery continued, though firms are growing more ...
• BNP Paribas shares drop after Fitch downgrades debt,...
  PARIS — Shares in European banking giant BNP Paribas SA fell Tuesday after Fitch downgraded its debt and renewed worries about Europe’s debt ...
• BP executive heckled at London oil conference after...
  LONDON — The owner of the broken Deepwater Horizon rig spewing oil into the Gulf of Mexico criticized U.S. President Barack Obama’s six-month ...
• UK government prepares to lay out tax and spending...
  LONDON — Spending cuts, higher taxes on capital gains and a break for the poorest taxpayers are expected to be part of the emergency budget plan ...
• British Airways and pension fund trustees agree on...
  LONDON — British Airways says it has reached an agreement with pension trustees on a plan to cut the airline’s pension deficits. The deal, if ...
• Worker drives over people at Mazda plant in Japan,...
  TOKYO — A disgruntled worker slammed his car into employees at a Mazda factory in southwestern Japan on Tuesday, killing one and injuring 10. ...
• Japan raises growth forecast to 2.6 per cent in...
  TOKYO — Japan’s economy, the world’s second largest, will expand at a faster pace in the current fiscal year than previously forecast as robust ...
• China’s easing of currency’s peg to dollar aims...
  SHANGHAI, China — By loosening its currency’s peg to the dollar, China is seeking to defuse complaints that it keeps its exports artificially ...
• Report: 4 NKoreans did not show up for match against...
  JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — North Korea was scheduled to hold a press conference Friday in which it would be asked why four of its players did ...
• Canada’s Weir one back of lead at US Open; Woods,...
  PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Pebble Beach looks just as tough as it did 10 years ago for the U.S. Open. It just doesn’t have Tiger Woods pushing it ...
• To the end: Lakers outlast Celtics 83-79 in Game 7,...
  LOS ANGELES — Purple and gold confetti raining down upon him, Kobe Bryant hopped up on the scorer’s table, shook his fists and extended five ...
• After Lakers win, rowdy revellers rock cars, set...
  LOS ANGELES — Crowds of rowdy revellers poured into the streets after Game 7 of the NBA finals Thursday night, rocking cars, setting bonfires ...
• Ortiz hits 2-run homer, Lackey works 6 innings as...
  BOSTON — David Ortiz hit a two-run homer, Marco Scutaro had three RBIs and the Boston Red Sox beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 8-5 on Thursday ...